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Thursday, July 16, 2009

Matchup for G89 - Astros @ Dodgers

Pretty important series starts today, and you could make the case that this series holds the key to the rest of the season, as a bad four games would put the Astros below .500 and have them playing catchup with the rest of the NL Central. Milwaukee starts the second half at Cincinnati, the Cubs have the Nationals on the road, and the Cardinals have the D'a'ondbac's at home. A strong showing against a strong opponent can set the tone.

Improbably, the Astros took two of three from the Dodgers at home back in April. And expect Dodger Stadium to be alive tonight as Manny makes his triumphant return from suspension in his first game in front of his adoring, morally ambiguous soul-suckers of baseball.

Wandy RodriguezThe Astros send Wandy to the mound to start it off, and it's a good choice. Wandy pitched against LA on 4/23 and went 6IP, 5H/1ER, 4K:2BB. 29 of his 67 strikes were of the non-contact variety. This, of course, was a game Wandy lost, because the Astros were shut-out, 2-0, at the hands of Chad Billingsley.

And the Dodgers will send Randy Like the Wolf (I swear that's the last Berman-esque thing I ever do) to the hill to face his old team. Wolf is who the Dodgers thought he was: an inning-eating, durable machine. Only twice in his last 13 starts has Wolf failed to get 18 outs, and he doesn't throw a lot of pitches, either - under 100 pitches in four of his last six starts.

3 comments:

"first game in front of his adoring, morally ambiguous soul-suckers of baseball." Wow, maybe that was meant tongue in cheek, but you just made this Dodger fan not want to return here for the Astros perspective again...

But I'll just assume that such a stereotypical, sweeping and even cruel statement was meant in a lighter vein and will take it as such. Good luck!

You're my favorite, and that's not sarcasm. It was sweeping, over-the-top stereotyping, and I appreciate your giving it a chance. I don't think Dodger fans are morally bankrupt. Just Scott Boras. Please come back.

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